United States of America - Virginia

In my World envelope collection I do not just want to have envelopes from stamp-issuing countries and territories, but also from other regions. This includes the 50 states of the United States of America. This envelope comes from the state of Virginia, lying in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It was the 10th state, admitted in 1788.

The stamps were affixed by me and come from the Flags of our nation, State birds and Greetings series and the stamp commemorating the 200th anniversary of statehood. I sent the envelope to the post office in the capital Richmond to be postmarked. It arrived back in two weeks with perfect datestamps, but also with a small machine stamp from Richmond. Also the postal sorting system in the United States or in the Netherlands put a lot of small stripes at the top of the envelope.

Date sent: 30 May 2017

Date postmark: 6 June 2017

Date received: 13 June 2017

Number of days: 14

Envelope in collection: 159